Chapter 637 Reunion of Husband and Wife (Second Update)
After getting off the carriage, Gu Jiao returned the way she came and arrived at Canglan Women's Academy following the route Su Xue had given her.
Although Canglan Women's Academy is located in the inner city, it covers a very large area, much larger than Gu Jiao had imagined, which made Gu Jiao's search for people more difficult.
"Where exactly is Linglong Pavilion?" She looked around. "I can't just grab anyone and ask."
Outsiders are not allowed to enter Canglan Women's Academy. Her appearance here dressed as a man could easily cause misunderstandings.
Fortunately, it was still early, so she simply searched each courtyard one by one.
Perhaps it was because that beauty was too famous, but all the gossip Gu Jiao heard along the way was about her!
Judging from the information these people provided, the beauty had only recently arrived in Shengdu.
Unlike Gu Jiao, who became the most popular girl in Mingxin Hall in just a few days through her own strength, this new beauty actually became the public enemy of all the young ladies in Canglan Women's Academy through her own strength.
"He never treats anyone to a meal, and he'll haggle over every single penny. I've never seen such a stingy person!"
"She won't help when I ask her for help, and she won't lend me anything when I ask her to borrow it. She's stingy!"
"She won't let anyone into her dorm room, and she won't let anyone touch her things! She has a terrible temper!"
"Arrogant and always wearing a cold face, who are you trying to impress!"
"Isn't it just because those men like her? All she does all day is seduce men! You little vixen!"
"But...it seems her homework was praised by the teacher again."
"Yes, yes, she got first place again in yesterday's exam! I really wanted to tear her apart with that smug look on her face!"
"She has no status, no powerful connections, so she needs to use this to raise her own value so she can find a good husband in Shengdu in the future, right?"
The entrance requirements for Canglan Girls' Academy are extremely high. Most of the students are daughters of prominent families or extremely talented women, and they mostly marry men from wealthy and influential families in Yan.
Therefore, Canglan Women's Academy is also known as the Academy of Brides from Six Kingdoms.
Many young men from prominent families came here hoping to find a beautiful woman at the academy.
After hearing all this, Gu Jiao couldn't help but feel a secret admiration for that beauty. She had managed to draw the ire of all the students in the college. How did she do it?
"Look, someone's delivering something to Linglong Pavilion again. It must be for her again!"
One of the female students pointed to a small courtyard in the southeast and said sourly.
Gu Jiao looked in that direction and thought, "Oh, is that Linglong Pavilion?"
The group left grumbling, and Gu Jiao walked towards the direction of Linglong Pavilion.
The sky was neither too early nor too late; the setting sun cast its warm yellow light upon the dougong brackets and eaves of the Linglong Pavilion.
Gu Jiao climbed over the wall and entered the courtyard.
Linglong Pavilion has more than one bedroom. Gu Jiao followed the maids who came to deliver things to a room at the end of the corridor.
After the servants left, Gu Jiao slipped inside.
The women's dormitory was more elaborate than the men's dormitory. It was a room with a yellow pear wood gauze curtain in the middle. The curtain of one of the beds was drawn, and a figure could be seen faintly inside.
The other small house was empty, which matched Su Xue's statement that she had not checked in.
Great, it seems like it's her.
Gu Jiao took out a mask and put it on, then untied the whip from her waist and cracked it open on the ground!
Gu Jiao said coldly, "Are you going to come out on your own, or should I drag you out?"
"You're not coming out, are you?"
"good."
Gu Jiao lashed out with her whip, pulling the person out from behind the curtain. But this was no academy student; it was clearly a mannequin!
Gu Jiao frowned slightly: "Did he know I was coming to see him?"
The most beautiful woman in Canglan Academy certainly knew that Gu Jiao was coming to see her, or more precisely, to see him.
The most beautiful woman was none other than Xiao Heng, who had traveled a great distance to Yan with Xiao Jingkong.
Xiao Jiu brought back a hair ribbon belonging to Gu Jiao in the middle of the night yesterday, and Xiao Heng knew that the little guy had found Gu Jiao.
Knowing the little guy's nature, he might not reveal his identity, but to prevent him from getting lost, he put the address of Linglong Pavilion in the little guy's clothes. Therefore, no matter whether the little guy confesses or not, Gu Jiao can still find him.
Gu Jiao looked like she was about to interrogate him, so the little guy must have smeared him a lot in front of Gu Jiao!
Xiao Heng's gums were hurting.
Of course, he was avoiding Gu Jiao not because he was afraid of her questioning him, but because he couldn't let her know that he was the new beauty of the academy, and that his authority as the head of the household was waning!
Fortunately, he was prepared!
Gu Jiao found no one in the room and was wondering what the other person meant when someone came down the corridor.
Gu Jiao slipped behind the yellow pear wood gauze wardrobe. The door was pushed open, and a girl dressed in a pink and white college uniform stepped in.
After entering the room, she first closed the door and bolted it, then walked towards the bed where the dummy had been placed.
Gu Jiao sneered and stepped out from behind the screen: "You're a student in this dormitory?"
The girl seemed startled, turning around with a pale face and looking at Gu Jiao with terrified eyes.
Looking at her charming face, Gu Jiao thought to herself that she was indeed a beauty, but wasn't that a bit of an exaggeration? But then she thought again, she hadn't seen anyone prettier than her on the way here.
The girl gestured with her hands, probably asking, "Who are you?"
Seeing that Gu Jiao did not answer, she looked at Gu Jiao with pleading eyes and pointed to the table not far away, on which there were writing brushes, ink, paper and inkstone.
Gu Jiao understood and went over to sit down.
When the girl came to the table, Gu Jiao noticed that her right hand seemed to be injured and was wrapped in white gauze.
The girl frowned slightly, spread out a sheet of white paper, picked up a pen with her left hand, and wrote with great effort: "I am a student in this dormitory. May I ask who you are and why you are in my room?"
Gu Jiao remembered that Su Xue had said she was a little mute, so she wasn't surprised that she answered in writing.
"Can you hear me?" Gu Jiao asked her.
The girl nodded and wrote, "I'm not deaf."
Gu Jiao looked at the handwriting on the paper, which was different from the handwriting on the address written on Jing Kong's body. However, it was not hard to understand, since most people's handwriting would not be the same with their left and right hands.
Gu Jiao took out a note stained with dye from her purse and handed it to her: "Did you leave this?"
The girl took it and looked at it. Her eyes lit up, and she picked up the pen and wrote: "Young master, have you found Jingkong?"
Looking at her excited expression, Gu Jiao didn't seem like a heartless girl who would abuse children. Gu Jiao was a little confused: "You even know his name is Jingkong?"
The girl hurriedly wrote: "He told me. I met him at a dock in Yan State. He was all alone and looked quite pitiful, so I took him with me."
"Which dock?" Gu Jiao asked.
“Tongcheng Wharf,” the girl wrote.
There was indeed such a dock in Yan State, but it was not on the way to Shengdu. Why did Jingkong go there?
Who brought him to the State of Yan?
“I asked him about his past, but he wouldn’t tell me,” the girl continued writing. “He only said that he was coming to Shengdu to find Jiaojiao. I asked him who Jiaojiao was, but he wouldn’t tell me either.”
Could it be that Jingkong was abducted to the Yan Kingdom, then escaped on his own, and met this kind-hearted girl after his escape?
She misunderstood him. He didn't mistreat Jingkong; he treated Jingkong very well.
As for why Jingkong ran away, it was because he really wanted to find her.
That's not impossible.
As for why Jingkong didn't let the woman bring him to her, it was because she had Xiao Liulang's admission documents, and her identity couldn't be exposed.
Jingkong is a smart child.
"So, I misunderstood you," Gu Jiao said, looking at the girl.
The girl smiled and wrote, "Did you think I bullied him, so you came to cause me trouble? You care about him so much, what are you to him?"
Gu Jiao didn't answer her question, but said, "It was all a misunderstanding, and I'm sorry for offending you. Thank you for taking care of Jingkong these past few days, and I will repay you when I have the chance. I'll be going now, take care."
Next door was a storeroom. Xiao Heng pressed his ear against the wall next door until Gu Jiao finished speaking and left, then he finally breathed a sigh of relief.
He was the one who found the person, he had explained the lines to him beforehand, and he even took into account the difference between his own handwriting and the other person's. He managed to deceive everyone.
But I wasn't as happy as I had imagined.
Or to be more precise, a little disappointed.
I want to see her.
I really, really want to.
I want to confront her in person and settle accounts with her, and I also want to ask her in person how she's been doing lately.
I have never cared for anyone like this before, caring for them to the point that my heart aches.
Even though I was so angry with her, I was still worried about whether she was taking good care of herself.
Xiao Heng rubbed his chest, took a deep breath, and stepped out of the storeroom.
He arrived at the dormitory entrance, and remembering that she had been there just now, he suddenly regretted it.
I should have kept my mouth shut.
He lowered his eyes and pushed open the door, his gaze sweeping over the figure on the floor before he abruptly looked up!
Gu Jiao, who had already left, stood in front of him, staring at him intently, a slight smile on her lips: "Lord Xiao, it's been a long time."
Xiao Meiren: "!!!"
Jiaojiao is too young to have a baby, so let's let the monthly ticket have a baby first.
Requesting double monthly votes!
(End of this chapter)
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